Parsons named vice-chair of national group

Lenawee County’s emergency management coordinator has been elected vice-chairman of a national group representing state and local governments on issues related to protecting critical infrastructure.

Curtis Parsons is to attend a two-day conference in Washington, D.C., in mid-December to meet with other executive members of the Department of Homeland Security’s State, Local, Tribal, Territorial Government Coordinating Council. The meeting is to discuss goals and objectives for next year and the pending release of a revised National Infrastructure Protection Plan and related issues.

Parsons has been an active member of the council since 2010. The council currently has 42 members from across the country.

Parsons is completing his fifth year as Lenawee County emergency management coordinator. He has a bachelor’s degree in public safety and a master’s degree in emergency management and homeland security from Siena Heights University and is accredited by Michigan State Police as a professional emergency manager.